Modern Techniques for Watercolor Cityscapes

Overview

“Now let's talk about the importance of shadows in watercolor to create volumes and contrasts and highlight the lights.”

In this video lesson Roberto Zangarelli addresses the topic: Shadows, which is part of the Domestika online course: Modern Techniques for Watercolor Cityscapes. Learn watercolor techniques that capture the essence and atmosphere of a city to make urban illustrations from a photo.

Partial transcription of the video

“Shadows In this lesson, it's time to create and apply shadows to the painting. Let's create the color for the shadows with a large, soft brush and using the same colors we have used in the painting so far, while adding some shades from the palette, taking some ultramarine blue. Always try to prepare enough color enough for the whole shadow area. The color should be aqueous enough to glide across the paper, but loaded with pigment to create contrast with the lighter areas. I will use various brushes to get from them different shapes. Large brushes for larger shapes, and smaller brushes for s...”

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Course summary for: Modern Techniques for Watercolor Cityscapes

• Level: Beginner
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• 6150 students
• 4 units
• 14 lessons (1h 55m)
• 3 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

  Painting, Watercolor Painting